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quote:Originally posted by Scrivener: I figured as much when the Producer said "It's not going to be as 'hardcore' as the TV show was." Not getting my money. I was wondering why the trailer (TV commercial) didn't have that gritty look but I was distracted by Charlize in that outfit. Down hormones down. Later, as the distraction settled, after seeing It a few times, it just looks to clean and polished. Oh well.

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: Countdown to Kong!! Yup this movie too. I haven't had this much anticipation for movies in a long time. Kong, Narnia. It's going to be a good (keeping fingers crossed) christmas season.

Well, time is at hand for this one. Friday December 9th. Who ever see's this first, I hope the report will be good.

The only thing I can see how they can pull this off, unless they perform some CGI magic making Ford look a lot younger, is keeping the story line in line with his age and maybe introduce his son Jones II.

I betcha if someone made a public statement calling dems and liberals Terrorists you'd never hear the end of it.

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quote:Originally posted by Prez: Now, has anyone seen the recent news on the economy? In case you missed it, here it is: Yes indeed. The local news here in NYC had quite a few experts state that the economy was going very strong before the hurricane issue and was able to absorb it. Unlike the doom and gloom the main stream media portended. Jobs are up. The economy is up. Black friday was good. Downside. The liberals/Dems got nothing else. Hence, the constant haranguing Bush on Iraq. Sadly, it's all they got left. I'd also like to make a comment about the buying of good news in Iraq. Not one media outlet has looked into why that was done. Well I'll tell ya. Because the media just keeps reporting the bad things that gone on there. Well not just there but everywhere. It is really kind of sad that good news has to paid for but such is the news media monster.

Ebay: It looks like a stately home on a tree lined street in a Mid-America small townHuntsville, MO USA. SC, perhaps you can buy it. This way you'd have a place to lock up all the bad boys of BC.

quote:Originally posted by Prez: Funny, I don't hear you wailing about what freaks we are for owning cars. Children are 1000% more likely to be killed in or by a car. Try again. Oh yes, your utter rightness is washing in my eye, or whatever it is that you said. I use that all time when arguing points. All I usually get is either silence or a bitter retort from vehicle owners because they see it as me threatening their transportation.

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: No democracy. Is it at least a republic?

quote:Originally posted by Prez: My opinion? No doubt about it. Ditch it. Let the rest of the world have it and move the headquarters building to France. I also meant the U.S. not even being a member of anything. Just a free wheeling entity like we use to be. I'm also working on France and it's connection to the "bogus" Iraq and it's desire for nuclear material issue. From what I've read so far, it's not pretty (for France that is).

Current info on the Oil for food: FreeRepublic: Oil For Food Now I'm not done with digesting everything I've read there. So far, the biggest stand out is France. The U.S. had survived and flourished for 130+ years without it and I'd lay 100-1 odds that we'd all be better without it.

quote:Originally posted by Soback: Recharge times 20 secs, and as powerfull as a pellet gun. Nothing but a toy for kids. As improvments are made, I am sure military might be working on some kind of version of this. Patience. Remember the speed of the first automobiles and look at them today.

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: I've created a console forum now. Feel free to litter it with all manner of console speak. No longer need to keep all topics in one (this) thread. Okay, that's right, confuse me even more.

quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: Okey dokey.... There she is, my new herding dog, to help me herd all 4 of my kiddos!! LOL and here is the other member of the family who is NOT too happy with me right now... LOL Nope, NOT very happy AT ALL!!! Nice family members. Looks like the cat's ready to kill you.

Ebay: Xbox 360 Winning bid: US $5,100.00 The world has finally gone mad. Now there was another previous to this one that was won for $12,100. I lost the link to it but will find it again. Also on another note: Xbox-scene news: Xbox 360 Crashing Like Mad?

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: Is there a problem with you guys keeping the XBox discussions in the Xbox thread? Or is it that you folks like to see your threads do the disappearing act? Sorry about that. Wasn't sure if this post or my other one belonged in the Xbox thread. Thanks for clearing that up for me. I will post any and all Xbox 360 in it.

quote:Originally posted by Greg Miller: 1: Yea, some people will pay anything for certain items. Sorry, not me. 2: Well, this post should be in the Games forum; and it may have been deleted because maybe you should have just added to the existing Xbox 360 Thread instead of adding a new one? Other than that....I don't know. 1: I'm still shaking my head on the ebay prices. It's just crazy. 2: Not sure myself. I think maybe it should have gone into the Tech forum since it was about the crashing which no one seems to know, yet, if it's a hardware or software issue. The reason I made it a seperate post from the regular Xbox 360 thread is that I didn't want to muddy that one down with a post about a potential problem. Anyway, no biggie.

Ebay: Xbox 360 Winning bid: US $5,100.00 The world has finally gone mad. Now there was another previous to this one that was won for $12,100. I lost the link to it but will find it again. BTW: I'm playing it safe by posting this here. Not sure if my XB0X 360 crashing post in the games forum was move or deleted (probably deleted for bad post since I did rush it).

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: How could - sane - person live with this thing and not have nightmares? Yeah I saw the news yesterday. Poor thing is finally out of its misery.

And the saga continues: LAWRENCE, Kansas (AP) -- Creationism and intelligent design are going to be studied at the University of Kansas, but not in the way advocated by opponents of the theory of evolution. quote: College course seeks to debunk intelligent design Proposed religion class labels creationism as 'mythology'.

I caught the trailer at the end of last nights Smallville. Looks like a damn fine remake of the original Chris Reeves version.

F word Advisory. Link Oh man, I couldn't stop LMAO on this one.

OMG, the both of you missed my point in posting that link completely. That Diane Glass, for a left-leaning columnist, isn't all that bad looking. BTW: Didn't see that one coming did ya. Ah, just a joking around for a little.

quote:The author of the report, Marc de Gentile-Williams, said, "At 30 years of age, the games industry still suffers from an endemic lack of professional management compared to less mature industries such as the mobile telephony and the internet industries. The high number of bankruptcies - despite favorable market conditions - is testament to this fact.What is he talking about. IMHO, professional management is exactly what is killing games. Look at EA. Titles based on licensed IP rather than titles based on original content aren't helping the matter much either. Name all the great games that came out in the last fifteen years or so. Probably two out of the entire lot is IP based such as Star Wars and Aliens. I'll list a few (not in any particular order), DukeNukem, Doom, wolfenstien, Half-Life, Wing Commander, Myst, Gabriel Knight, Space Quest, Kings Quest, Freespace, Carmageddon, System Shock, Outcast, Silent Hunter, Homeworld, StarFlight, Gothic, Elder Scrolls etc... Not one of those based on an already established IP. It is the intrusion of managment into the creative process that has made games not so great. Comparing the mobile telephony and the internet industries to the game industry is just silly also. Everyone wants a mobile phone it doesn't matter who makes it as long as the plan is cost effective but it is just that a phone with one signle purpose to call people you want to call. All phones are the same in that they have numerical push buttons to dial with a mouth piece and and ear piece. Some may come with all the bells and whistles but all have the same basic components. The same can be applied to the internet. However, a game is a different beast altogether. Sure, it's basic component is that it's a game but one with many different functions. It may be an RPG, FPS, Adventure, Puzzle, RTS, MMORPG, Simulation. Not everyone likes all of them where as a phone you pick up dial and talk to someone or log onto the internet and go to the favorite site everyone likes that. A game has to be targeted to a specific group like the RPG group or FPS group. Like me, I don't particularly like RTS's unless it is very very good like Homeworld and I don't like MMORPGs even more than RPGs. My point being, a single game is going to be attractive and bought by a small group out of the entire game player population. Where as, a mobile phone people don't care as long as it dials out and they can talk. IMHO, you cannot compare the two even in managment style.